SOLANACEJE. (NIGHTSHADE FAMILY). 567 



inserted, at throat of tube, very short, with connivent or coherent an- 

 thers opening at tip by two pores or chinks. Style simple. Seeds 

 granular or scrobiculate. 



* Unarmed. Anthers opening hi/ introrse j^ores or chinls. 



1. S. iii^riim, L. '^Indb-ed-Dib. .3 to .6, glcibrous or pu- 

 berident; angles of branches prominent, often tubercled. Leaves ovate 

 or deltoid -rhomboid, entire, angled, or coarsely sinuate-serrate. Co- 

 rymbs 3-6-flowered, umbellate, short peduncled ; fruiting pedicels 

 thickened at tijD, reflexed; calyx-lobes rounded; corolla white, pubes- 

 cent, twice as long as calyx ; berries blacb, .006 in diameter — All the 

 year — Roadsides and waste places ; common everywhere. 



Var. incluratiiin, Boiss. Branches perennant, indurated at base 

 — Jordan Valley. 



Var. clilorocarpuin, Boiss. Berries yellow — with type. 



Var. iBUiiiile, Boiss. Berries yellow. Branches less angled than 

 in tyjje — Runs into preceding. 



2. S. ininiatiim, Berb. .3 to .5, inibescent to villous ; angles 

 of branches prominent, often tubercled. Leaves ovate-deltoid, sinuate- 

 serrate. Corymbs few-flowered, short-peduncled ; fruiting pedicels 

 thickened at tip, reflexed ; corolla white, pubescent, twice as long as 

 calyx; berries r^^Z — December to September — Central Palestine ; Le- 

 banon, Seems only a variety of last. 



3. S. Tillo§i.iiii, Lam. ^Inab-ed-Bib. .3 to .4, villous woolly; 

 angles of branches nearly obsolete. Leaves ovate-deltoid, sinuate- 

 dentate. Corymbs few-flowered, short-peduncled; fruiting pedicels 

 thickened at tip, deflexed; corolla white, pubescent, twice as long as 

 calyx or longer; berries yelloio — All the year; common. Seems but a 

 variety of S. nigrum. 



4. S. ^iiiaieum, Boiss. 5 ."^ ^o .4:, shrubby at base; newer tvfigs 

 herbaceous, green, appressed pubescent ; branches thickish, ascending. 

 Leaves oblong to rhombic, irregularly sinuate, dentate-lobed or un- 

 divided, the lower long-petioled the upper short-pecioicd. C}mes 2-5- 

 flowered; pedicels deflexed, scarcely thickened at tip, elongated; 

 calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse; corolla white, thrice as long as calyx; 

 berries blach — March — Sinai. 



5. S. Dulcamara, L. 5 -3 to 1, glabrescent or puberulent, 

 shrubby below, new branches herbaceous. Leaves ovate to ovate-cordate 

 and ovate-lanceolate, undivided, hastate, or with one to Jive, small, ovate 

 lobes at base. Cymes long-peduncled, several times dicliotomously branch- 

 ing, many -flowered; pedicels jointed; calyx-lobes triangular, broad, 

 short ; corolla purple, 6-7-times as long as calyx; berry ovate, .008 in 

 diameter, scarlet — Summer — Common to alpine regions. 



* * Prickly. Anthers opening by vertical or extrorse pores. 



6. S. coa^ulaiis, Forsk. Khddalc. ^ .Q to 1.5, appressed-iPOoUy, 

 canescent. Prickles .002 to .004 long, recurved. Leaves ovate, entire, 

 repaud or sinuate-lobed. Cymes short-peduncled, bijid, the loicer pedicel 



